Cohen and Andrew Arato 24. Global Civil Society Mary Kaldor. Civil Society 23. The Utopia of Civil Society Jean L. Simulcra and Simulations Jean Baudrillard 22. The Condition of Postmodernity David Harvey. : The Politics of Life Itself Nicolas Rose Part 4: Societies and World Order. The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity Susan Bordo 20. Domination/Liberation 17. From Redistribution to Recognition? Nancy Fraser 18. Queer Politics David Halperin. Performativity 15. Imitation and Gender Insubordination Judith Butler 16. Feminism and the Question of Postmodernism Seyla Benhabib Part 3: Rethinking Power. Pragmatism, Relativism, and Irrationalism Richard Rorty 14. Whose Justice? Which Rationality? Alasdair MacIntyre 12. A Defense of Pluralism and Equality Michael Walzer 10. Political Liberalism John Rawls. The Political Unconscious Frederic Jameson Part 2: The Normative Turn. Cultural Studies 7. Cultural Studies Stuart Hall 8. Poststructuralism 5. Power/Knowledge Michael Foucault 6. Outline of a Theory of Practice Pierre Bourdieu. Personal Identity and Disrespect Semiotic Structuralism Axel Honneth 3. Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities Marshall Sahlins 4. New Critical Theory 1. Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy Jurgen Habermas 2. Part 1: General Theory without Foundations. The New Social Theory Reader is an essential, reliable guide to current theoretical debates. The editors introduce the volume with a newly revised, interpretive overview of social theory today. This new edition provides more ample biographical and intellectual introductions to each thinker, and substantial introductions to each of the major sections.

identity debates around gender, sexuality, race, the self and post-coloniality.

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the post-foundational debates over morality, justice and epistemological truth.

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